SHAKE-n-BAKE!

SHAKE-n-BAKE!First trip out this year,the anual easter weekend hike I take was a good one,14 antlers,1 nice elk shed,2 pairs of spike elk antlers,2 pair of ivorys and a great MD shed with lots of mass and a nice chocolate brown color.Good start to another great year in MT.Saw some game birds I have never seen before maybe you guys can id them for me.
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NONYA
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killerbee
looks like a great day and great pics of the chukers! they are fun to hunt
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Buck Fever
Nice finds, sounds like a great time. Chuckars are fun to hunt, but can be very frustrating. :thumb
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bigbuck92
Great finds! Ya and that bird right there is a chuckar
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Yea chukars are a blast to hunt as long as you don't mind wheezing the whole way up the steepest mountain youve ever seen just to get to the top and frantically blast away at em as they glide lazilly to the next ridge cackeling at you the whole way!
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killerbee
"J0n" wrote:Yea chukars are a blast to hunt as long as you don't mind wheezing the whole way up the steepest mountain youve ever seen just to get to the top and frantically blast away at em as they glide lazilly to the next ridge cackeling at you the whole way!
 :)) :)) yep-- you can tell you've done it before, sounds like the same thing that happens most time i go out :))
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NONYA
Thought they were chukar but according to the ALLKNOWING F&G they dont exist here....
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Code Red
Chukars are my favorite game bird to eat. They have a sweet taste, but as has been mentioned can be a very frustrating bird to hunt.
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Chukars are good eatin
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waynedevore
That's a good days haul there Nonya. I'm planning a 4 day shed hunting adventure out in MT in a couple weeks. Hope to get a mixed bag of WT, MD, and Elk.

That's interesting that You spotted Chukars up your way. During the Fall of 06 I came across a good size flock, about 25 or so way up next to the Canadian border in central MT. I was Muley hunting in some rough badlands.
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NONYA
I sent the pics to the F&G bio,...
Cole,

These are Chukar partridge. They are a common non-native game bird in the Great Basin States (NV, ID, UT). We have some smaller populations in south central Montana. I would guess these were released by a local landowner or a dog trainer. It is actually illegal to make these kinds of releases but it does happen periodically. As long as we have mild winters, they will likely continue to reproduce.

Thanks for the email. Will be interesting to see what becomes of them.

Rick

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Rick Northrup, Game Bird Coordinator
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
P.O. Box 200701
Helena, MT 59620-0701

Phone: 406-444-5633
Fax: 406-444-4952

rnorthrup@mt.gov
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Cool pics. That is a beautiful place you live in buddy. Nice sheds too, thanks for sharing.
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